Laser

Taking shape

  • By: Tom Graham, manager, key accounts group, Abicor Binzel USA

Shape recognition is the next step in expanding laser welding applications

Light welding

  • By: Kip Hanson, senior editor

Thanks to recent technology advancements, lasers join metals faster and more accurately than ever before

Seam’s pretty good

  • By: Yvonne Gürtler, director of automotive management, Trumpf
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When weld seams have to be durable but also practically invisible, automakers opt for laser brazing

Ramped-up robotics

  • By: Terry Tupper, senior engineer, Fanuc America Inc.

Advancements have allowed robotics and laser technology to be used for precise welding and cutting

Building bridges

  • By: Michelle Avila, marketing coordinator, Hypertherm Inc.
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Hypertherm plasma technology gives a bridge fabricator the cut quality it needs to support the U.S. infrastructure

Bridging the gap

  • By: Susan Woods, managing editor

The ability to bridge gaps up to 1 mm wide allows laser welding to replace conventional welding

Step it up

  • By: Abbe Miller, editor-in-chief

With IPG Photonics’ laser seam stepper, the benefits of resistance spot welding and laser welding come together.

Building batteries

  • By: Pierson Cheng, product manager, laser systems, Trumpf Inc.
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For the production of electric car batteries, laser welding is becoming a manufacturing norm

The big weld

  • By: Athanassios Kaliudis, press representative laser technology, Trumpf
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With steel sheets weighing 20 tons and up to 200 mm thick, Fronius and Trumpf combine forces for a massive hybrid-laser-welding project

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